POLL: DEMAIO, FILNER LEAD RACE FOR MAYOR

San Diego 
City Councilman Carl DeMaio and Rep. Bob Filner continue to lead the race for San Diego mayor, according to a new poll that shows that not much has changed in the past four months.

The poll, conducted by SurveyUSA from Jan. 30 to Feb. 3 for KGTV 10News, shows DeMaio in first with 25 percent and Filner a close second at 24 percent. The other two high-profile candidates — District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and state Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher — had 14 percent and 13 percent, respectively. About 24 percent of respondents chose “other” or were undecided.

The poll, which was identical to one that SurveyUSA did last fall, was of 511 likely June primary voters. It had a margin of error of 4.4 percent.

DeMaio has a commanding advantage among Republican respondents. Thirty-five percent favored him, while 19 percent chose Fletcher. Filner, the lone Democrat among the four major candidates, had more Republican support (15 percent) than Dumanis (12 percent).

Filner had the most support among Democrats with 38 percent choosing him. DeMaio had nearly twice as much support among independent voters than the other candidates.

DeMaio also led the way among respondents who identified their ideology as conservative or moderate while Filner dominated among those who described themselves as liberal.

DeMaio has a strong lead in the money race, with Filner pulling up the rear. As of Dec. 31, the close of the last reporting period, DeMaio had nearly $752,000 on hand to about $25,500 for Filner.

If no one wins a majority in the June 5 primary, almost a certainty because of the crowded field, the top two finishers will face each other in a November runoff.